Saints who were simply receptive to the mighty power of God. Their stories are incredibly heroic.

St. Mary, the Mother of God

St. Denis

St. George Martyr

St. Joan of Arc

St. Joseph Cupertino

St. Louis IX

St. Margaret of Antioch

St. Maximilian Kolbe

Bl. Miguel Pro

St. Padre Pio

St. Patrick

St. Peter

St. Simeon Stylites

St. Quiteria

Physicians of the theology of the Church. Men and women who, through their own intense study and reflection, have given the Church great wisdom and insight.

St. Albert the Great

St. Alphonsus Liguori

St. Ambrose

St. Anselm of Canterbury

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Athanasius

St. Augustine

St. Basil the Great

St. Bede the Venerable

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bonaventure

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Cyril of Alexandria

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

St. Ephrem the Syrian

St. Francis de Sales

St. Gregory of Narek

St. Gregory the Great

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Hilary of Poitiers

St. Hildegard of Bingen

St. Isidore of Seville

St. John Chrysostom

St. John of Ávila

St. John of Damascus

St. John of the Cross

St. Jerome

St. Lawrence of Brindisi

St. Leo I, the Great

St. Peter Chrysologus

St. Peter Damian

St. Peter Canisius

St. Robert Bellarmine

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

St. Teresa of Ávila

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Agnes

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

St. Aquilina

Bl. Carlo Acutis

St. Charles Lwanga

Bl. Chiara Luce Badano

St. Dominic Savio

Bl. Francisco Marto

St. Gemma Galgani

Bl. Jacinta Marto

St. José Sánchez del Rio

St. Lucy

St. Maria Goretti

St. Perpetua

St. Philomena

Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

St. Tarcisius

These are men and women who know what it means to live in the modern era and still live a holy life. Whew, that’s not only impressive, but beautiful. We have a lot to learn from these modern saints.

Venerable Augustus Tolton

St. André Bessette

Servant of God Chiara Corbella Petrillo

Servant of God Dorothy Day

St. Gianna

St. Jaime Hilario Barbal

St. John XXIII

St. John Paul II

St. Josemaria Escriva

St. Josephine Bakhita

St. Katharine Drexel

St. Luigi Orione

St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

St. Mary MacKillop

St. Mother Teresa

St. Óscar Romero

St. Pauline of the Suffering Heart of Jesus

St. Pius X

St. Riccardo Pampuri

Bl. Sára Salkaházi

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Servant of God Thea Bowman

St. Maria Bernard Butler

God works wonders in our lives in small and hidden ways, but sometimes His wonders are loud. These saints experienced a profound conversion that really shaped their life in tremendous ways.

St. Augustine of Hippo (also a doctor of the Church)

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Genesius

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Bl. Imelda Lambertini

St. Longinus

St. Mary Magdalene

St. Moses the Black

St. Paul the Apostle

St. Vladimir of Kiev

Their names may be difficult to pronounce, but check out their stories! They're also really cool!

St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu

St. Benedicta Hyon Kyongnyon

St. Ceolwulf of Northumbria

St. John Chrysostom

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

St. Quadragesimus

Bl. Volodymyr Pryjma

Bl. Zepherin Namuncura

St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski

A saint is way more than their patronage, but sometimes we just need a saint in our lives who can pray for us in a particular way.

For abuse victims: St. Monica

For adopted children: St. Thomas More

For artists: St. Catherine of Bologna

For athletes: St. Sebastian

For altar servers: St. John Berchmans

For bakers: St. Nicholas

For Christian mothers: St. Anne

For earaches: St. Polycarp

For fisherman: St. Andrew

For friendships: St. John the Evangelist

For farmers and rural communities: St. Isidore the Farmer

For “hopeless causes”: St. Jude Thaddeus

For hunters: St. Hubert

For headaches: St. Teresa of Ávila (also a doctor of the Church)

For musicians: St. Cecilia

For physicians: St. Luke

For the poor: St. Lawrence

For protection from fire: St. Agatha of Sicily

For those too sick to care for themselves: St. Roch

For sore eyes: St. Clare of Assisi

For speakers and philosophers: St. Justin Martyr

For those who struggle with doubt: St. Thomas the Doubter

For students: St. John Bosco and St. Benedict

For the universal Church and fathers: St. Joseph

For those suffering nervous and mental afflictions: St. Dymphna

For toothaches: St. Apollonia

For travelers: St. Christopher

Foranimals: St. Francis of Assisi

For cancer: St. Peregrine

For children: St. Nicholas

For computer programmers: Bl. Carlo Acutis

For fertility and Pregnancy: St. Gianna

For healing: St. Raphael

For jobs: St. Cajetan

For nurses: St. Camillus

For police Officers: St. Michael the Archangel

For poor: St. Vincent de Paul

For protection: St. Michael the Archangel

For soldiers: St. Michael the Archangel

For students: St. Thomas Aquinas

For workers: St. Joseph the Worker

Australia: St. Mary MacKillop

Brazil: Mary as Our Lady of Aparecida

China: St. Joseph

England:St. George

India: St. Thomas (who died in India)

Ireland: St. Patrick

Mexico: Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe

Nigeria:St. Patrick

Norway: St. Olaf

Poland: Mary as Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Scotland:St. Andrew

Spain:St. James

United States: Mary of the Immaculate Conception